In 378, Roman Emperor Valens attacked the Visigoths in the decisive battle of Adrianople.

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Los Lobos hit it big in 1987, recording the soundtrack to La Bamba, the film starring Lou Diamond Phillips as rock star Richie Valens.

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Most Texans will remember that Waylon was supposed to be with Buddy on his last plane ride, along with Richie Valens and the Big Bopper.

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He was only 15 when, the night after Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died in that 1959 Iowa charter-plane crash, he was recruited to somehow help make the show go on at the tour's next stop in Moorhead, Minnesota.

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